Timed runs are kind of awesome. If you have not tried it, I would suggest doing so. Maybe they aren’t for everyone, but you might just be surprised. My first experience at a timed event I was totally sure I would hate it, and ended up very surprised.
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Zach Adams
Zach Adams
Zach masquerades as a white collar corporate zombie Monday thru Friday in order to afford race entries, but is much happier writing columns for Ultrarunning Magazine or blogging at www.MidPackZach.com. Writing and playing Dungeons and Dragons are his hobbies, but running ultras and having adventures is his passion. Zach loves sarcasm, dislikes whining, and occasionally likes to write what lots of people are thinking but don’t dare say in public.
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Fail or succeed. But for the love of all things ultra – STOP making excuses!
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Back in my day, I had to thumb through printed magazines to locate obscure little ultras and go to register with pen and paper and pay by check that I mailed FROM A POST OFFICE! I didn’t get no fancy tri-blend shirt, elevation tattoo, battery powered finisher buckle, or handcrafted microbrew!
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Just because I don’t have a snowball’s chance of hell of ever winning an ultramarathon doesn’t mean that I don’t set goals for myself. In fact, I might set multiple goals for a single race. Or I may a single goal for an entire year’s time period. The point is, goals help you keep motivated to improve and give you a benchmark to evaluate your progress.